MBKM13 In Sing about me, I’m dying of thirst, each verse is from a different perspective. The first is from one of Kendrick’s friends. He talks about how he’s struggling and caught up in this world of violence and death, and wonders if he’ll ever be happy again like he was as a child. He’s questioning the gang life after his brother died (“it’s a trip how we trip off of colors”), and he he wants to get out, but he’s afraid of meeting the same violent end as his brother. The verse is cut off mid-sentence by gunshots, a representation of all the lives cut short by violence. The second verse is from the perspective of a prostitute. She complains that Kendrick isn’t empathetic enough to the struggles women face, and calls him out for not being understanding. (“How could you just put her on blast and shit, judging her past and shit”). She goes into more depth about her situation (“imma need that 40 dollars even if I gotta fuck suck and swallow”). She says she’s fine and she doesn’t want Kendrick’s help and that he can’t help her anyways, and she insists that she’ll be able to make it on her own. She says “I’ll live longer than you and never fade away,” but as soon as she says that her voice begins to fade out as the verse ends. Black men die suddenly and loudly, while black women are pushed to the outskirts of society and slowly wither away, while no one can hear their voice. The third verse is Kendrick ruminating on death and his place in all this. He grapples with whether he’s exploiting these people by making music about them, or if his music is helpful in some way. He talks about how he wants his music to live on after he dies, and he hopes that he does enough in his lifetime to be remembered as a positive force in the culture. One of the greatest rap songs of all time.
MBKM - You need to sub to us and give us these meaningful inputs. Brilliant and thank you. Just got this song on again in my headphones thinking what you said. Thanks 🙏 I think this is the stand out song .
@@TwistTheScript one of my favorite sample flips of all time.. so simple and brilliant. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ix1Zd0KG2lM.html
Great analysis! More specifically the first verse is from the perspective of the brother of the guy that was killed in the shoot-out skit at the end of the previous track. The girl in the second verse is the sister of Keisha, from Keisha’s song on Section 80; the song that “resembled Brenda’s Got a Baby”. Kendrick has always had this amazing topical through-line of vicious institutions and generational trauma in all of his albums. I think his last album is so much more powerful in context of his whole discography.
And I love you cuz you love my brother like you did Just promise me you'll tell this story when you make it big And if I die before your album drops, I hope- 😭
Kendrick was not into smoking or drinking, so on the track The Art of Peer Pressure he’s does both and when he smokes the first time they pass him the wrong blunt. The “shananigans” is weed x PCP
To Pimp a butterfly is usually tough for people to get into if they are not familiar with Kendrick Lamar music. Honestly GKMC and his other albums are a good gateway into his style. He is among the top 2 rappers since 2012 imo.
Art of Peer Pressure was probably my favorite in relating to music. This album got me through so much back in school now I'm grown with 2 little ones. Knowing that they'll have their own taste in music in the future, I always make sure to play a bit of Kendrick in the house lol
In Good Kid, Kendrick compares the brutality of gang life to the brutality from police. By mirroring the language used to describe the way gang members would assault him between paragraphs, it highlights the fact that both sides just want control.
@@TwistTheScriptdefinitely not something you’d expect to pick up on a first listen mate! So many gems that make the album better on every relisten - especially the overarching story line of the outro skits between Kendrick and his friends
"Its almost like youre watching a film." For real! Idk if you noticed, but on the cover art it says "a short film by kendrick lamar." And it really feels like one
Might be Kendrick’s best album. Sing About Me, I’m dying of thirst is one of the best hip hop songs in my opinion! Great vid and can’t wait for that Frank Ocean reaction!!!!
This whole album is a story that takes place over one day in Kendrick’s life. Each song is like a scene in a film that is set in Kendrick’s car. Money Trees is a summary of the two songs that came before it: Backseat Freestyle and the Art of Peer Pressure. The opening track takes place right before Poetic Justice where he is fantasising about a relationship with Sherane who he is on his way to meet before he’s jumped by the two men wearing hoodies. Good Kid is about being harassed by gangs and the police as though they are one in the same. Swimming Pools describes unhealthy coping mechanisms that lead to more pain, and is followed by Kendrick’s friends seeking revenge on the men who attacked him only for one of their friends to be shot in the process. Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe depicts his parent’s relationship who are at home waiting for Kendrick to return their car while the rest of the story takes place. I could write an essay about each song but I won’t lol Every song and skit is an essential peace of the puzzle. This is the perfect conceptual hip-hop album
This is one of the best concept albums of all time. After multiple listens and once you grasp the story, it somehow takes an unbelievable album to another level
I can tell. I played it again driving away from my Dads house. Picked up so much more. It’s annoying when you think I should have said this!! We are just being totally honest and first listen
How a lot of people, including myself, see the storytelling within GCMC as similar to the unfolding of a Quentin Tarantino movie (primarily Pulp FIction). The jumping between scenes between B Don't Kill My Vibe and Money Trees sets the background and environment and then jumps back to Sherane and Poetic Justice into Good Kid where the scenes continue chronologically which I'm glad you caught. Also the "shenanigans" mentioned at the end of The Art of Peer Pressure refers to a blunt Kendrick smoked when he younger that was spiked with cocaine if that wasn't cleared up. It's reason that Kendrick doesn't smoke weed at all into his adulthood. Loved the video!
This and illmatic by nas and my beautiful dark twisted fantasy are my 3 favorite albums of all time. Those 3 are in any given hip hop heads top 10 usually. If you guys get into some Jay Z- start with the first Blueprint. The black album is also really really great. I'd love for you guys to check out Outkast as well- ATLiens is an incredible album. Biggie- Ready to Die and Life After Death...it's almost creepy how he used to just predict his own death. Snoop Dogg's doggy style and Dr. Dre's The Chronic and The Chronic 2001 are also really really great as far as west coast music goes.
Great video as always guys, really looking forward to an eventual JID reaction. Also looking forward to the rest of Kendricks discography, lots of good projects. I love MMATBS and DAMN a lot for different reasons.
With Kendrick you gotta let yourself feel the music, but also intentionally listen to the lyrics or else you won’t truly hear either of them. In all of his albums he’s telling cohesive stories and that you can easily miss if not listening.
Nice reaction and "Ya Bish" is like "you feel me" or "you know" as in > I like your shoes, ya bish Also dominoes as in the game.. people tend to play for money like they do with dice.
You guys are smashing it! Please do DAMN soon, thats my favourite album of Kendrick. It's his most easy to listen to I'd say. Also has a U2 feature on it, don't know if that means anything to you two.
Don't forget Domino's the pizza chain is an american pizza chain named after the popular game of dominos and even has the logo. Dice and dominoes are popular street games in America to make a quick buck so Kendrick had took his dads dominos in this instance.
Highly recommend you guys listen to Section 80. I think from watching all of your others you will really enjoy the sounds that Kendrick brings to that album. It’s a 70’s through 90’s feel with trumpets and all sorts of arrangements with a young Kendrick rapping. My favourite album of all time by him for how it all gels together sonically, he has more condensed food for thought in other projects but it would be good to see your reaction!
There are a few more songs off of this album from the deluxe edition. Black Boy Fly, The recipe and Now or never. Probably not enough for its own video but check them out on your own time. They're all banging choons
Came across your page on a late night. I have enjoyed the reactions this far. I saw you texted to J Cole before. You'd really like his "KOD" Album. Also you should check out Rod Wave
I would love if y'all reacted to Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown. It would be a good way for you guys to hop into experimental hiphop and in my opinion one of the best hiphop albums of all time! Keep up the great work as usual!
@@TheAmericanPsychoHimself The channel is still growing and I don’t want a hate train to come down on them for reacting to Kanye when many circles of people right now refuse to even acknowledge him.
Please react to every Kendrick album and definitely don’t skip Untitled unmastered. It’s basically an album full of throwaways from To pimp a butterfly but it’s better than most rappers’ best album
@@TwistTheScript that makes me even more excited, hope you guys are ready cause his first three tapes are very different than his more recent singles and projects. He released them during my sophomore year of hs and I've been hooked ever since lmaoo
